An exhaustive psychological evaluation was done to a group of people condemned to the death penalty. The evaluation included psychological tests, anamnesis and behavioral observation. The results indicate: intelligence within normal range, agresivity, dependence, egocentrism, absence of affectivity, etc. Regarding the defence and relation styles: absence of goals and limits, aloofness, proyection and negation. In terms of personal history the subjects share: absence of the father figure, maternal agresivity and extreme physical punsihment. The authors conclude with some ideas about the meaning of the death penalty.

An exhaustive psychological evaluation was done to a group of people condemned to the death penalty. The evaluation included psychological tests, anamnesis and behavioral observation. The results indicate: intelligence within normal range, agresivity, dependence, egocentrism, absence of affectivity, etc. Regarding the defence and relation styles: absence of goals and limits, aloofness, proyection and negation. In terms of personal history the subjects share: absence of the father figure, maternal agresivity and extreme physical punsihment. The authors conclude with some ideas about the meaning of the death penalty.